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"I don't know why they're not following us, but I don't trust it

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"I don't know why they're not following us, but I don't trust it." Poe says as I input C3PO's demonic coordinates into the Falcons computer.

Behind us, Chewie growls.

"Landing gears busted?" I ask.

"How busted?" Poe says nervously.

Chewie growls again. I sigh and palm my face.

"Really, really busted. Great. Can we fix it?" I ask.

"In the thirty minutes we have, probably not." Poe says.

"So it's gonna be a rough landing?" I ask.

"It's gonna be a rough landing." Poe confirms.

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Endor soars into view and I nearly gasp. It's beautiful here. Finn and Rey walk up behind Poe and I as we enter Kef Bir's atmosphere.

"Hold onto something." I say.

"Why?" Rey asks.

Before I can respond, the Falcon hits the ground and slides.

Everyone is throw forward. We slid for a couple seconds before we lose momentum and stop.

"That's why." Poe says.

Rey straightens up. "We have to find that Wayfinder." She says.

"What about the...Falcon." I sigh as the Jedi walks off. She presses the button that lowers the ramp and climbs out.

Poe shrugs and we stand up to follow her.

The planet we're on, Kef Bir, is gorgeous. There's an ocean breeze and grass. It cold here and I pull Ahsoka's cloak around me tighter. I'm glad that I had the right mind to take it off Ochi's ship.

By the time Poe and I catch up with Rey and Finn, they're already standing on top of a small hill.

Poe and I reach the top to see that Rey's stopped. She staring off into the ocean and in the ocean sits ruins.

I gasp. "The Death Star." I whisper.

Behind us D-O asks- "W-What is t-that?"

"It's the Death Star." Rey replies. "A bad place. From an old war."

"It's gonna take us years to find what we're looking for." Poe sighs.

"Oh dear." 3PO says.

"'Only this blade tells'." Rey whispers to herself. Out of her bag she pulls the Sith dagger.

She fiddles with it for a second before turning around and holding it against the sky. I walk up beside her to see a new piece has been pulled from the blade. Rey fits the blade into a part of the ruins and I gasp.

"It fits."

"The Wayfinders there." She says. I smile and am about to say something when an animal grunt makes us all turn.

"Heads up." Poe says. Everyone pulls out their blasters as a group of people riding animals I've never seen walks up.

"Rough landing." The main girl yells.

"I've seen worse." I say. My blaster is still out.

"I've seen better." She pauses. "Are you Resistance?"

"That depends." Poe says.

"We picked up a transmission from someone called Babu Frik." The main girl says.

"Babu Frik! Oh, he's one of mu oldest friends." C3PO says happily. I sigh and roll my eyes.

"He said you'd come. He said you were the last hope." The grin nods at our group. I lower my blaster instantly. I trust her. I don't know why.

"We have to get to that wreck." Rey says. "There's something inside there we need."

"I can take you there by water." The girl says.

"Have you seen the water?" Finn asks. I stifle a laugh. The waves are at least thirty feet high.

"Not now. Too dangerous. We can go first light tomorrow."

"We can't wait that long." Rey says, taking a step forward. "We don't have the time."

Poe shakes his head and turns to the Jedi. "Or the choice." He says softly. "Let's get that ship fixed. Do you have any spare parts?" He asks, turning to the girl.

I follow him.

"Some. I'm Jannah." The girl says.

"I'm Poe. This is Wren."

I wave at the girl, Jannah, and she smiles back. She begins to lead us back to the Falcon as Finn and Rey stay on the hilltop.

"So how'd you get here?" I ask. I feel unusually short standing next to whatever animal Jannah is riding.

"We were former stormtroopers. Took a couple of TIE fighters and defected." She says happily.

A grin spreads across my face. "Same thing happened with us. Expect we were captured, not stormtroopers."

Jannah nods. "The First Order is evil. We help anyone we can that lands here." She explains.

Poe nods as we arrive at the Falcon. I wince at the sight of the ship. It looked a lot better a couple minutes ago.

"My friends and I will get you parts." Jannah says. She turns and rides off, leaving Poe and I at the Falcon.

I glance down at his arm and see that he's bled through his makeshift bandages. I sigh and grab his good arm, dragging him up the ramp.

I direct him to the medbay and sit him down.

"Why didn't you tell anybody?" I ask, rummaging around for anything useful.

Poe shrugs. "It's not important right now."

I turn and point a finger at him. "Yes it is. We can't lose you." I pick up a small roll of white gauze.

I untie the makeshift bandages gently and pull up his shirt sleeve.

The wound is deep and probably needs a professional doctor. I sigh and unwrap the gauze.

Poe yelps in pain as I tighten it around his arm.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." I say quickly, trying to finish this.

Poe brings up his hand and covers mine. "It's fine. It just...hurts."

"I know." I whisper. "I know and I'm sorry."

Before I can say anything else, there's the pounding of feet. My head snaps up and I see Finn rush up the ramp. "Jannah's coming back guys! Guys?" He asks.

"In the medbay!" I yell back. Finn walks in. "Mr. Dameron didn't w at to tell anybody that he bled through his bandages." I say in mock anger, placing my hands on my hips.

Poe laughs and stands up. "And now you've fixed me." He says with a laugh. The he turns to Finn. "If Jannah is coming back, we should get to work."

Everyone nods. Finn goes back outside and Poe and I head up to the cockpit. Before I can walk in, Poe grabs my arm to stop me.

He pulls me towards him and rests his forehead against mine. "Thank you. For taking care me."

I giggle. "Anytime flyboy."

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There's no consistency with these chapters, im-

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